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Category: Life
Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Standards
“I try to live up to my standards and not sink down to my principles. – paraphrase of an old movie quote that I can’t quite remember, but it fits… Buenos Aires – The blogosphere is abuzz, yes abuzz I tell you. First it was a week or two ago’s big kerfuffle over Dr. Vino… Read More Standards
Double Standards
“The ‘double speak’ in tourism material, in a country as new and immature as Argentina is to tourism, is lamentably common, much like the “double price” (for foreigners versus locals) that many practice since the devaluation of the peso, starting with our own Argentine government. That ‘native cunning’, along with the inefficiency of domestic air… Read More Double Standards
Second Time Around
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw, critic, essayist, playwright Buenos Aires – Just shy of two years since the original edition’s publication, the second edition of my bilingual Spanish and English food and wine dictionary was officially approved today.… Read More Second Time Around
Stars and Saints
“The Star of David [in Hebrew, the Magen David or Shield of David] is renowned as the sacred symbol of the Jewish faith. Indeed, the Star of David is the distinguishing feature on the Israeli flag and as an ornament of jewelry the Star of David is proudly worn by millions of devout Jews worldwide.… Read More Stars and Saints
School’s in Session
“I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know.” – Anonymous Buenos Aires – Someone asked me yesterday if we’re still offering classes. The answer is yes – we just happen to be in the middle of two longer term series: a third round of our… Read More School’s in Session
A Day of Pleasure
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” – Isaac Asimov, author Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – The one thing I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post was that Tuesday was an absolutely delightful day, weather-wise – the temperature rose to around 60°F, there was little wind, few clouds in… Read More A Day of Pleasure
Incurious
“In politics I am growing indifferent – I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home.” – Ulysses S. Grant, former president of the U.S.A. Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – I cannot decide if the right word is incurious, indifferent, or perhaps even disinterested. But it is a… Read More Incurious